The City In A Garden

Author : Andrew M. Busch
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469632650

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City in a Garden by Andrew M. Busch Pdf

The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth.

Author : Julia Sniderman Bachrach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : UOM:39015054303642

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The City in a Garden by Julia Sniderman Bachrach Pdf

Gardens, in the form of parks, grew hand in hand with the pioneer town of Chicago. Before the skyscrapers, or the expositions, Chicago's parks suggested a worldly sophistication not usually associated with a boomtown.

Author : John Mark Hansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
ISBN : 1647130816

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The City in a Garden by John Mark Hansen Pdf

Author : Sandrine Glatron,Laurence Granchamp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319727332

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The Urban Garden City by Sandrine Glatron,Laurence Granchamp Pdf

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical periods. It shows that, thanks to various forms of spatial and social organisation, gardens are part of the material urban landscape, biodiversity, symbolic and social shape, and assets of our cities, and are increasingly becoming valued as an ‘order’ to follow. Gardens have long been part of the development of cities, serving different purposes through the ages: shaping neighborhoods to promote health or hygiene, introducing aesthetic or biological elements, gathering the citizens around a social purpose, and providing food and diversity in times of crisis. Highlighting examples that can serve as the basis for comparisons, the chapters offer a brief panorama of experiences and models of gardens in the city – in the European context and in various periods of history – while also discussing issues related to garden cities, urban agriculture and community gardens. The contributors are university staff from various disciplines in the human and life sciences, in discourse with other academics but also with practitioners who are interested in experiences with urban gardens and in promoting an awareness of their spatial, social and ‘philosophical’ goals throughout history. The book will appeal to urban geographers, sociologists and historians, but also to urban ecologists dealing with ecosystem services, biodiversity and sustainable development in cities. From a more operational standpoint, landscape planners and architects are sure to find many of the projects enlightening and inspirational.

Author : Timothy Auger
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789814385244

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Living in a Garden by Timothy Auger Pdf

In June 1963, Singapore’s prime minister planted a tree to mark the beginning of a sustained campaign to enhance the city state’s appearance. No one could have anticipated the transformation that followed. This is the story of that process. Now, 50 years later, highly urbanized Singapore enjoys a green network of nature reserves, large and small parks, tree-lined streets and community gardens that is the envy of other big cities. Singapore has had to make tough decisions. Land is scarce. There are trade-offs between maintaining the island’s rich, natural biodiversity and public demands for housing and infrastructure appropriate to the 21st century. Nevertheless, the National Parks Board, and its partners in the public, private and civic sectors, continue to strive to keep Singapore green. Lavishly illustrated, the book shows how Singapore aims to be a ‘City in a Garden’, reminding us that the community must engage with the greening ‘mission’, if this great achievement is to continue.

Author : Kate Henderson,Katy Lock,Hugh Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000700251

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The Art of Building a Garden City by Kate Henderson,Katy Lock,Hugh Ellis Pdf

The Art of Building a Garden City is a well-researched guide to the history of the garden city movement and the delivery of a new generation of communities for the 21st Century. Bringing together key findings from the TCPA’s campaign work, and drawing on lessons from the first garden cities, the new towns programme and other large-scale developments, it identifies what steps need to be taken in order to deliver the highest standards of design and place making today.

Author : Helen Babbs
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604693195

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My Garden, the City and Me by Helen Babbs Pdf

Helen Babbs is a self-proclaimed city girl who lives on the second floor of a flat in a chaotic corner of London. An urge to find more green in the city and a stronger connection to the natural world leads her to create her first garden, an organic edible garden on her rooftop. This year-long adventure is the story behind My Garden, the City and Me. The journey begins in the dark of winter, where Babbs finds herself at a seed swap on a February morning, seduced more by packaging than by any true understanding of the plants. As the year progresses, Babbs revels in failures, like waking up bleary eyed and stomping on her seed starts, and triumphs like her summer-ending dinner party made with homegrown produce. Along the way she discovers “that I like gardening in my pajamas and that growing something from seed, watching it develop and then eating its fruits is truly joyful. I’ve daydreamed out there and entertained out there. It’s the force behind new friendships that I’ve forged. The garden has opened my eyes to a whole new side of London and urban living.” My Garden, the City and Me is a lyrical narrative about a twenty-something in search for a bit of wild in her city. The journey is charming, honest, and steeped in the lore of London, a city equally known for its gardens and its grit. In the end Babbs has achieved a new perspective on what it means to live green in the city she loves.

Author : John Mark Comer
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310337324

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Garden City by John Mark Comer Pdf

You've heard people say, "Who you are matters more than what you do." But does the Bible really teach us that? Join pastor and bestselling author John Mark Comer in Garden City as he guides twenty- and thirty-somethings through understanding and embracing their God-given calling. In Garden City, John Mark Comer gives a surprisingly countercultural take on the typical "spiritual" answer the church gives in response to questions about purpose and calling. Comer explores Scripture to discover God's original intent for how we're meant to spend our time, reshaping how you view and engage in your work, rest, and life. In these pages, you'll learn that, ultimately, what we do matters just as much as who we are. Garden City will help you find answers to questions like: Does God care where I work? Does he have a clear direction for me? How can I create a practice of rest? Praise for Garden City: "In Garden City, John Mark Comer takes the reader on a journey--from creation to the final heavenly city. But the journey is designed to let each of us see where we are to find ourselves in God's good plan to partner with us in the redemption of all creation. There is in Garden City an intoxication with the Bible's biggest and life-changing ideas." --Scot McKnight, Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary

Author : Philip Ross
Publisher : Hawthorn Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781907359620

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21st Century Garden Cities of To-Morrow by Philip Ross Pdf

The two authors complement each other beautifully, one a visionary and gutsy politician, the other a gifted academic with a deep rooted social conscience. With the benefit of a century of post Letchworth Garden City knowledge and the lessons of two World Wars, their timely released book re-brands the Garden City from a social as well as a technical point of view. It says it's a manifesto for 21st Century Garden Cities of To-Morrow, but it could equally be a manifesto for decent human urban survival on our cherished Planet. It concentrates on the role of each citizen - his or her responsibilities and opportunities. It advocates restoring basic human values back to ordinary people, away from the `I'm doing you a favour' private pro-bono benefaction and/or cash-starved governmental institutions that seem to know the cost of everything, but the value of nothing.

Author : Jeremy N. Smith
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616081089

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Growing a Garden City by Jeremy N. Smith Pdf

An in-depth look at local, community-based...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : City planning
ISBN : OCLC:1018280701

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The Garden as a City, the City as a Garden by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Dyer
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825489303

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From the Garden to the City by John Dyer Pdf

Believers and unbelievers alike are saturated with technology, yet most give it little if any thought. Consumers buy and upgrade as fast as they can, largely unaware of technology’s subtle yet powerful influence. In a world where technology changes almost daily, many are left to wonder: Should Christians embrace all that is happening? Are there some technologies that we need to avoid? Does the Bible give us any guidance on how to use digital tools and social media?

Author : Thomas Schröpfer,Sacha Menz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789811307133

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Dense and Green Building Typologies by Thomas Schröpfer,Sacha Menz Pdf

In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.

Author : Tony O'Dempsey,Mark Emmanuel,John van Wyhe,Nigel P. Taylor,Fiona L.P. Tan,Cynthia Chou,Goh Hong Yi,Corinne Heng
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971697907

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Nature Contained by Tony O'Dempsey,Mark Emmanuel,John van Wyhe,Nigel P. Taylor,Fiona L.P. Tan,Cynthia Chou,Goh Hong Yi,Corinne Heng Pdf

How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.

Author : Patrick Bingham-Hall,WOHA (Firm),WOHA Architects
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Architecture, Modern
ISBN : 981442806X

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Garden City Mega City by Patrick Bingham-Hall,WOHA (Firm),WOHA Architects Pdf

tête-bêche Book. One half depicts the mega city problems, but when the book is flipped over, the other half provides the garden city solutions.Packed with photographs, diagrams, and colourful info-graphics, Garden City Mega City presents a compelling case for re-examining and re-planning the mega cities of the 21st century.